In a message dated 6/16/2004 9:17:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>     Goat's milk is no better for babies than cow milk.
>     Perhaps the reason folks use it is that goat milk is high in water, and
>little goats feed very frequently. Those two qualities are similar to human
>milk and babies.

Agreed, goat or cow, both are different species, hence their milk wouldn't suit human offspring. Most close would be other primate milk, I presume.
I think one reason people think goat's milk might be better for human babies than cow's is the quality of the milkfat in goat's milk. It is finer in structure than cow's milk and doesn't split as easy from the watery part (I think that's why we don't see goat's butter). Perhaps people think babies will have less problems digesting that.

Warmly,
Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC

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